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updated: Sat Jul 19, 2008 12:34 pm

The Villages News

Local news for The Villages, FL continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

3 hrs ago | The Villages Daily Sun

New publications make neighborhood happenings top priority

Question of the day - "Are you in The Mix?" If you are a Villages resident and haven't checked inside your Daily Sun today, please take a moment and do so.

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7 hrs ago | The Villages Daily Sun

Villages bolsters Sumter's tax rolls

Construction activity last year in Sumter County added almost a half-billion dollars in new assessed value to the county's tax rolls.

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Related Topix: Sumter County, FL

Fri Jul 18, 2008

The Villages Daily Sun

Choose to be happy wherever you are

So many of you have written asking about Beau, the cat, that I decided to let him tell you about his return to The Villages from his vacation in the mountains: "Hi there! I was walking on the computer keyboard ...

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Thu Jul 17, 2008

The Villages Daily Sun

Christmas comes early to Cruise In

Children who wonder where Santa Claus is in July may be tickled to find he's right here in The Villages.

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Related Topix: Lady Lake, FL, Sumter County, FL, Life, Holidays, Christmas

Wed Jul 16, 2008

Floridatoday.com

Villages residents miss their buffalo herd

Residents at The Villages want their buffalo back. Buffalo gazing was a popular pastime at the central Florida retirement community, but residents are angry after a developer decided to remove his popular herd ...

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Tue Jul 15, 2008

The Orlando Sentinel

Residents of the Villages plead: Bring back our buffaloes

Give me a home where the buffalo roam. That's the message some residents of The Villages have for the giant retirement community's developer after a popular herd was banned from public view in May.

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Related Topix: Orlando, FL

Tampa Bay Online

Ceremony Features Wounded Officer Who Showed His Mettle

Air Force Capt. Timothy O'Sullivan tried to gather himself. He had just regained consciousness.

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Related Topix: Apollo Beach, FL, US Military, US Air Force, MacDill Air Force Base, Iraq, World News, Middle East

Sun Jul 13, 2008

The Orlando Sentinel

'He couldn't fight anymore. ... '

Former White House press secretary Tony Snow died Saturday after a long battle with colon cancer.

77 comments

Fri Jul 11, 2008

Business Wire

Public relations, press release distribution, investor relations, SEC filing

OptionsNews, the daily video news program on www.onn.tv, discusses the imminence of market capitulation, the - CARLSBAD, California & BASEL, Suiza-- --EBD Group, empresa l der de asociaciones para la industria ...

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Wed Jul 09, 2008

The Orlando Sentinel

Eustis Rotary Club

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Lake and Sumter Counties will have "Celebracao Latina" as the theme of this year's annual gala dinner, auction and masquerade.

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Related Topix: Eustis, FL, Tavares, FL, Leesburg, FL

Mon Jul 07, 2008

The Orlando Sentinel

LakeXpress opens its first bus route in city

LakeXpress, a Lake County bus line, added a new route through Mount Dora on Tuesday, offering free rides until Aug.

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Related Topix: Lake County, FL, Life, Holidays, Lughnasadh, Mount Dora, FL, Eustis, FL, Leesburg, FL

Sat Jul 05, 2008

The Orlando Sentinel

Crafters set for Villages 2-day festival this weekend

The Villages Craft Festival will have more than 140 exhibitors from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Sunday in the Spanish Springs Town Square off U.S. Highway 27-441. Crafters will offer paintings, photography, ...

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Related Topix: Photography, Arts, Fruitland Park, FL, Life, Food, Bar-B-Q, Eustis, FL

Thu Jul 03, 2008

The Orlando Sentinel

Teen volunteers get head start on hospital careers

At age 15, Joseph Johnson is preparing himself for the future. Since the seventh grade, Joseph has known he wants to pursue a career in the health-care field.

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Related Topix: Leesburg, FL, Lake County, FL

Tue Jul 01, 2008

Orlando Business Journal

Bonefish Grill opens Kissimmee location

Bonefish Grill is slated to open its fifth Central Florida location Monday in Kissimmee.

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Related Topix: Florida, Kissimmee, FL, Orlando Metro, Osceola County, FL

Sun Jun 29, 2008

Sumter County Times Online

Candidates set for elections

Candidates set for elections Qualifying has ended for the upcoming Sumter County elections in August and November.

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Related Topix: Sumterville, FL, Sumter County, FL, Lady Lake, FL, Bushnell, FL

Fri Jun 27, 2008

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

PG North/South: Pine-Richland coach Krakoff departing for Florida

Dave Krakoff couldn't pass it up. "It just all made sense," he said. "It was something I felt I should do." It was a job at The Villages Charter Schools near Orlando, Fla., where he will serve as administrator ...

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Related Topix: Orlando, FL, Orlando Metro

Wed Jun 25, 2008

St. Augustine Record

Letter: Nobody above the law

Editor: I must agree with Fred Hathorn on the total disregard the Steinheimers and company have for our laws.

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Related Topix: St. Augustine, FL, Opinion

Mon Jun 23, 2008

The Orlando Sentinel

On the horizon for Lake County

Are you a student ages 13 to 18? Is history among your favorite subjects? Maybe you have an interest in public speaking or in drama? Do you have an enthusiastic and supportive attitude? If any of these pertain ...

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Related Topix: Lake County, FL, Weirsdale, FL, Howey in the Hills, FL

Sat Jun 21, 2008

The Orlando Sentinel

Parish breaks ground for new church

Members and invited guests of St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church had a groundbreaking ceremony June 8 for its 1,500-plus seat Roman Catholic church.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Summerfield, FL, Tavares, FL, Mount Dora, FL, Minneola, FL

Thu Jun 19, 2008

Boston Globe

Examining the retirement enclave

Leisureville: Adventures in America's Retirement Utopias By Andrew D. Blechman Atlantic Monthly Press, 244 pp., $25 When author Andrew D. Blechman's congenial neighbors, Betsy and Dave Anderson, abruptly decamp ...

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